On October 23, 2026, the chairman of the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, representatives of the Health Department of the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (Men-Tsee-Khang), the personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and a representative of the Bir Tibetan Society paid an inspection visit to Dönnyi Norbui Gatsal University of Buddhist Sciences at Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat in India as part of the registration process for the university’s Department of Tibetan Medicine and its medicine production facility.
The university’s principal provided the delegation with a brief introduction to the monastic seat and the university. Accompanied by the university’s teachers and staff, the delegation then toured and inspected the various departments and facilities, including the Yuthok Temple, the torma room, classrooms for Tibetan medicine and astrology, the medicine production facility, the university’s administrative office, the Tibetan medicine and astrology museum, the library, the medical examination and treatment clinic, the medicinal herb garden, the facilities for the production and distribution of Tibetan medical and astrological products, and the outdoor fitness area.
